Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-01-13
An Interesting Resume.

The following extracts from the second
| biennial report of the board Of trustees,
superintendent, steWard, &c. will give the
public some idea OF the importance of the
rapidly increasing institution, which, al
though in its infancy, is already source
of pride to the cltlz ,ns of the territory, to
the sresdents of jamestown especially.
and fitting monument of The charity
and bsnevolence OF The Dakota legisla.
ture
REPORT OF TRUSTEES
Their report covers IN full the work
ings and condition of the hospital the
accounts Of expenditures, the details of
construction and the recommendations to
the governor for the sadly needed appro-
priatlon, necessary to take care o. the
increasing number of patients whose
appearance is almost daily heralded at
the hospital by the arrival OF new unfor-
tunates.
The trustees say: "The hospital has
been taxed to greater extent IN caring
for much larger number OF patients
than was anticipated IN our first report
"Thele have been received from the
South Dakota Hospital, ffty-eight pa.
tients; admitted from the counties in this
distric: north of the 46th parallel, one
hundred and eighteen; dismissed, thirty
three. died, slx;Ileavlng in the hospital at
the date of this report one huldred and
forty, as per superintendept's report.
"The average receipt OF Patiants for
the first year, aside from the patients re-
ceived from Yankton, were five and one
half per month, or sixty-seven for the
yea,; for the second year up TO date, seven
and one-half per month, or ninety per
annum.
"The patients are kept as neat and
clean as possible; their minds are diverted
from moody subjects, and they are
cheered and amused in every Way-this
seems to be the only proper course to
pursue with insanity. and many recover.
There Is very. little, If any. force used,
and there are no Jail, eel or iron CRATES
to give the impression OF confinement;
kindness and cheerfulness seem to be the
best remedies for minds diseased.
sit has been the earnest desire and
study of the board and superintendent IN
charge to build up for the territory
model Institution for the insane, and
they feel much pride in thej success OF
their efforts thus far. The location IS
ALLTHAr COULD BE DESIRED
for an institution of this kind, command
ing view that is unsurpassed For beauty
the varying landscape spread out for
miles in every dis section-the James river,
sklrted with timber, winding around at
the foot of the bluff, with grand view
of the city of jamestown and the valley
of the James for miles away. Being on
the bluff the Air is very pure, the
drainage pei fect.'
The buildings are substantial aud of
the most approved modern style Of archi-
lecture for hospital purposes. The
stone was nearly all taken from the hos
pital grounds-s large saving to the IN
stltution. Many of the patients have
been employed on the farm, Improving
the grounds, making roads. gardening,
and doing house work with marked SUI
cess, the particulars of which fully ap-
pear in the superintendent's and stewards
reports.
INCREASE OF INSANITY.
The apparent increase OF insanity
throughout the country is attracting the
attention of our most careful thinkers, as
we'll as scientific research by the most
able men in the medical profession.
Still more and more room ls called for,
and greater facilities must be provided
in order to care forI this unfortunate
class.
An invsstigation of the census of 1850
shows that the percentage Of insanity is